S2A3 Biographical Database of Southern African Science



Whybrow, Captain Harry Thomson (mammalogy)

Born: 25 March 1879, Woodside, Surrey, United Kingdom.
Died: 21 March 1916, Place not known.
Active in: Zim.

Harry Thomson Whybrow, an accountant and big game hunter, was the son of Francis Whybrow and his wife Annie Norman. He resided in Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), became a member of the Rhodesia Scientific Association in 1907 and served on its council for 1907/8. In April 1907 he read a substantial paper, "Some notes on the antelope of Southern Rhodesia", that was published in the association's Proceedings (Vol. 7(1), pp. 28-50). At the next meeting some comments on his paper were contributed by E.C. Chubb* and H.H. de Laessoe* (pp. 52-58).

Whybrow was married to Francisca Helena Hampson, with whom he had two children. He died while on active service during World War I (1914-1918).


List of sources:

Croydon and the Great War: The Croydon Roll of Honour. Retrieved on 20 May 2021 from https://books.google.co.za/books?id=PHq-BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA412-IA1&lpg=PA412-IA1&dq=HT Whybrow&source=bl&ots=4tihjsQPs0&sig=ACfU3U34a9q6f7GmKeEEWvaHWWDt7fgr7A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjt_4ye3dfwAhWQXsAKHZzlDIUQ6AEwEnoECBIQAw#v=onepage&q=HT Whybrow&f=false

FamilySearch: Harry Thomson Whybrow. https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/GKNQ-SDD

Rhodesia Scientific Association. Proceedings, 1907, Vol. 7(1).


Compiled by: C. Plug

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